The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-01-08

Aft Dflc-a-Drac Is almost as ueCeS
sary to finish the appearance of a room,
nowadays, as any other article of furniture.
Articles Of china, metal and glass are
placed at all available points, and one sees
bronze statuary, china figures and metal
PLAQUES on every side.
What are called sedan chairs, contriv-
ances of metal and glass in form like those
curious conveyanees of our ancestors, are
made to contain choice pieces OF brp-a-
brac, clTios and similar articles of value,
and may be set either on the comfortable
or the mantle.
Beads, beads, beads every ~ here. 1t
seems as though all other kinds OF en-
broidery we're to be done away with, and
bead passementeries, galloons AID APP
piques to reign supreme. Collar, revers,
cuffs, and skirt panels, besides epauIets,
plastrons, and other portions of feminine
attire-bonnets, slippers, mantles-all are
covered with beads. Even the fashionable
hose has been invaded by the fancy, and
stockings for evening wear are embroid-
cred Oh the instep with bead designs.
The fashionable plush mantle has plas-
irons back and front, of jet passementerie,
and black silk or satin dress is not fash
ioEable unless 1t is literally hidden beneath
its load Of glitteIing bead work, which the
unfortunate wearer sheds wherever she
goes.
The Fasso" is a style In corsets which
comes req esented in number of STYLES,
materials and colors, from French lasting.
which forms comparatively cheap corset,
/ TO satin, silk lined, lace and plush trimmed
ert atoms. which are worth $40 Ladies
nowadays are more luxurious than ever in
the matter Of underclothing Chemises
are shown in fine dotted linen cambrics,
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laces, and oEnamented with delicately tinted
ribbons. These are made for wear with
evening costumes and are then sleeveless
and decollete.
fashionable milliner or modiste must
be person of immense discretion AMI tact.
If she snce acquires n reputafi II for taste,
her patrons viii number many ladies who
are supposed TO have their dresses or bon
nets direct lrom Paris, and the modis,e
must never diyulee the names of such GUS
toners, as it wOuld be death TO her trade
Again, the general make up of each ere
alton must be entirely different from the
last, so that no two of her patrons shall
possess similar clothing, and, lastly her
price must always be dead secret between
her patron and herself, for, of course. the
lady OF fashion never has good head for
figures, and if her memory eus as to the
net, and she states it Mt a few dollars in
advance os that rendered in Madame's bill,
and paid by her husband, why. provided
Madame always makes special prices with
her patrons. who is to know the difference?
For millinery purposes, the birds shown
are not so frequently true to nature, in the
combinations of color, as from their plu-
mage might be expected. Nondescript
birds with topknoited her Is, beaks of hum
ming birds, blue bodies nd red wings, with
abnormal tail feathers IF bright golden
hue, are not infreque t, and Professor
Audubon himself might We been puzzled
TO give them Latin designo ions sufficiently
abstTuse to lndicat" their extremely com
pick character
very rich and handsome dress for wear
OF dinners of ceremony, and similar coca
sions, is in black satin, gracefully draped
with black Chantilly lace. On the skirt
garnet bead work is applied, the beads
being large and clear, but so strung that
they appear simply to hang against the
satin, instead of being stitched to il like
passementerie,
Nevertheless. for general wear, nothing
Is so much favored as close fitting dress
Of black satin. | suppose this is an old
story, as The merits Of this style Of COSTUME
were found out long While ago, and IL has
always bad many adharents. A black satin
also looks dressy. particularly when
trimmed pro usely with jet passementfrie.
a. il Is now worn, II requires quite m put
lay at first. to be sure, and it is restristed
in its use TO wear in the afternoons on the
street, or for paving visits, Int if the pos
SCISSOR have any skill Ia the az: Of dIess-
making, or, mere particularly. one of its
most inportant branches "contri, iue 49,
that dress viii he reconstructed at least
three times in the course of lis eyea.ful
existence, and will wear several months
after each regeneration. Black silks and
/ satlns, moreover. are at present rs fnsllion.
. able for Young ladies as for old Indeed.
+, from personal observation, | should say
! that our girls wtrU ado atinQ the sombef hue
/ with greater readiness than Their manIulas